I'm Edmund Miller, I'm a PhD
candidate, I have a broad range of interests, primarily in Functional Genomics. Through that
interest I got into bioinformatics after realizing I didn't have golden hands at the bench
during undergrad. That taste of programming experience got me dabling in writing smart
contracts and web apps and I cut my teeth on that. Through my research experience I aquired a
taste for processing data with workflows of the reproducible and high-throughput varietal. I
saw the light in March 2020 when I found nf-core and tossed aside
the reptilian workflow manager for Nextflow. I love a
good crossover episode of technologies and I'm always trying to push to the envelope.
I had put off getting my flu shot. I seriously regret this. Over the weekend, I've been in a blur of sleep and wakefulness as I suffered through the flu. Get your flu shot. This year's flu is brutal.
I’d like to write about intellectual property in depth, in this first of a
series of blog posts on the subject. I’m not a philosopher, but philosophy is
the basis of reasonable politics so buckle up for a healthy Friday afternoon
serving of it.
To understand …